International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Netherlands Antilles

=Netherlands Antilles=


 * The first meter was installed in 1950.
 * All stamps are inscribed “NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN” or “Netherlands Antilles”.


 * The stamps are grouped according to usage:
 * A – Stamps from machines in private, commercial use
 * PO – Stamps from machines in Post Offices


 * Some meter stamps incorporated stars representing the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. Originally six stars were shown but from 1986, following the secession of Aruba from the Netherlands Antilles, only five stars were depicted on modified or newly issued machines.
 * On 10 October 2010 (10.10.10) the Netherlands Antilles in effect ceased to exist. The islands of Curacao and St. Maarten together formed a unit that, although still attached to The Netherlands, has greater self government. See CURACAO for stamps of this entity.
 * The islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba voted to fully merge with The Netherlands and now have status as overseas municipalities. Their currency however is the U.S. dollar rather than the euro. See DUTCH CARIBBEAN for stamps of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba.

GROUP PO: Stamps from machines in Post Offices
NOTES:
 * The stamp formerly catalogued as Type PO3A has been recatalogued as CURACAO Type PO1.
 * The stamp formerly catalogued as Type PO3B has been recatalogued as DUTCH CARIBBEAN Type 1.